**Exhibit 31.1**

 

I, Dr. GioacchinoDeChirico, certify that:

 

1.             I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Qof Immucor, Inc.;

 

2.             Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement ofa material fact or omit to state a materialfact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances underwhich such statements were made, not misleading with respectto the period covered by this report;

 

3.             Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial informationincluded in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financialcondition, results of operations and cash flows of theregistrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.             The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I areresponsible for establishing and maintaining disclosurecontrols and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined inExchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) for the registrant and we have:

 

a)             Designed such disclosure controls andprocedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that materialinformation relating to the registrant,including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others withinthose entities, particularly during the period in which thisreport is being prepared;

 

b)            Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused suchinternal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision,to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financialreporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes inaccordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

c)             Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls andprocedures and presented in this report ourconclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures,as of the end of the period covered by this report based onsuch evaluation; and

 

d)            Disclosed in this report any change in theregistrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’sfourth fiscal quarter in the case of anannual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely tomaterially affect, the registrant’s internal controlover financial reporting; and

 

5.              The registrant’s othercertifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recentevaluation of internal control over financialreporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalentfunctions):

 

a)              All significant deficienciesand material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affectthe registrant’s ability to record, process,summarize and report financial information; and

 

b)             Anyfraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees whohave a significant role in the registrant’s internalcontrol over financial reporting.

 
| Date: January 8, 2008                             |   |
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| /s/ Dr.  Gioacchino DeChirico                          |   |   |
| Dr. Gioacchino  DeChirico,                        |   |
| Chief  Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer) |   |
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